Quote of the day!

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.  ~Attributed to Harry S Truman

He understands a lot more than we think!

He is starting to be compliant!  The other day at dinner The Boy was freaking out about eating a certain vegetable we really thought he should eat (The Boy is a carb-a-holic, he would eat nothing but breads if we let him).  So out of sheer desperation (he had not eaten any V words all day, the dinner was going south for everyone, and he had already pounded two rolls) I said, "OK, if you eat a bite of this V then I will give you a bite of the roll, but we are going to trade bite for bite, OK?  Now please take a bite of the V!)  HE DID IT! Back and forth all night until all V's were gone.  Who knew you could communicate like this with them!  Huh.  Since then we have these little talking sessions ever so often and most of the time it works.

Quote of the day!

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Henry Ford

The Boy has a new friend.

The Boy got a pet!  He is so excited.  We were out one night on a random coffee adventure and wound up in Pet Smart.  We were going to let The Boy play with some puppies.  Well they were fresh out and so he explored the store... he found the fish and fell in love.  Who knew that owning a fish got so much more involved than it used to be.  I asked the lady for a gold fish and a simple glass bowl.  Wrong question!  I thought she was going to pull out an adoption application and ask me if I was a smoker!  Turns out you have to have a heater, H-VAC system, medic on staff, and a college fund to have one of those things.  Long story short we finally left there with a Beta and more equipment than I had intended to get.  We got home and followed the intensive three day process of welcoming "Dorothy" (that is what The Boy named her) to her new home.  Now every morning The Boy screams out of his room yelling "Dor" "Dor".  We feed her twice a day and it is an event.  I love how excited he is with the whole process.  He often goes over and scoots his stool over so he can see what "Dor" is doing.  Its the little things!  On another note we recently had a family friend die.  This guys obituary ready like a great adventurer's life.  Ski rescue, sail boat captain in the Atlantic, adventure sport racer... but I marveled at what seemed to be his greatest achievement and what seemed to have brought the best part to his life... his children.  He seemed to say from the grave... "soak it up"!  I intend to Tod.